Benazir Bhutto

ISLAMABAD — 28 December 2007 - Former prime minister and chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack yesterday, plunging the nation into turmoil less than two weeks before elections.


Benazir Bhutto (21.06.1953 – 27.12.2007)

She had just addressed a campaign rally for the parliamentary vote when an attacker shot her in the neck before blowing himself up at a park in the northern city of Rawalpindi, killing her and at least 20 other people at Liaquat Gardens.

The gruesome assassination of country’s main opposition leader plunged the country into deep grief and political uncertainty ahead of general elections set on January 8.

The tragedy stunned the nation, and there were reports of violent protests across the country.

“I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger, ” Benazir said in her speech at the rally yesterday.

We express our deepest condolence on the sad demise of Benazir Bhutto. May her soul rest in eternal peace – Librahitech@blogspot.com